Saudi Arabian national carrier Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has become the launch operator of the Airbus A330-300 Regional, a derivative optimized for missions of up to five hours, or 2,700nm.
Doha-based Qatar Airways, which owns 20% of International Airlines Group (IAG), has announced plans to codeshare with the group’s Spanish low-cost carrier (LCC) Vueling.
Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings Europe will open a base in Salzburg, Austria in January 2017, the airline’s second base after Vienna.
Former Allegiant Air president Andrew Levy has been named United Airlines CFO, filling a position that had been handled on an acting basis for more than a year.
Qatar Airways has confirmed that a bird strike was cause of an Airbus A330-300 engine fire that forced the aircraft to return to Istanbul Atatürk Airport shortly after takeoff Aug. 18.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will limit operations of North Korea’s state-owned flag carrier Air Koryo in China after its Russian-built Tu-204 aircraft made an emergency landing in Shenyang because of smoke in the cabin last month.
Finnair has narrowed capacity growth forecast for 2016-17, blaming disruption to Airbus A350 deliveries that are an average of two months behind schedule.
Finland flag carrier Finnair has launched a new €20 million ($22.5 million) cost-savings program after reporting a €1.1 million second-quarter net loss, an 82% improvement on the €6 million loss it posted in the year-ago period.
US airlines collectively reported approximately $12 billion in pre-tax profit for the first half of 2016, up about 6.2% from $11.3 billion in the 2015 first half, according to Washington, DC-based lobbying group Airlines for America (A4A).
FAA has chosen the University of Oklahoma and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to lead its new Transportation Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance.
Russian airlines taking part in the government’s commuter subsidy program have carried more than 281,000 passengers from Jan.1 through Aug.1, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia.
American Airlines is trying to strengthen its case for an additional slot at Tokyo Haneda Airport by telling the US Department of Transportation (DOT) it will operate flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to both Haneda and Tokyo Narita airports.
Russia’s Saratov Airlines plans to resume Saint Petersburg service after seven years, according to a statement by Saint Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport.
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific saw its net profit drop to HK$353 million ($45 million) for the six months through June 30, compared to a profit of just under HK$2 billion in the same period last year.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair is to add 10 aircraft to its Italian operations and open 44 new routes in 2017 after Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi agreed to reverse a €2.50 ($2.80) municipal tax increase from Sept 1, 2016.
As of August 16, 2016, average List Prices for Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft; with passenger seating capacity, cargo tonnage capacity and aircraft flight range.
São Paulo-based low-cost carrier GOL posted BRL309.5 million ($94.2 million) net profit for the 2016 second quarter, reversing its 2Q 2015 BRL354.9 million net loss.
Philippines-based Cebu Pacific Air Group posted a net income of PHP7.7 billion ($164 million) for the half-year ended June 30, a substantial improvement on PHP5.2 billion for the same period last year.
